Jeff Currie (born c. 1976) is a

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curler from

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. He is a former Canadian Junior champion. He currently curls for the

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-based Joe Polo rink on the

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. During his junior career, Currie won just one

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provincial junior title, in 1996 defeating Dusty Jakomait in the provincial junior final. Currie made his lone provincial junior title count at the

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representing Northern Ontario. Currie skipped a rink which consisted of

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, Andrew Mikkelsen and Tyler Oinonen. The team finished the round robin of the event in 2nd place, with an 8-4 record. They then defeated Nova Scotia's

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in the semi-final and then Manitoba's

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in the final to claim the championship. The win earned the team a spot at the 1996 World Junior Curling Championships, representing Canada. At the World Juniors, the rink finished the round robin in a 3-way tie for fourth place with a 5-4 record. They had to beat the United States'

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and Norway's

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to get into the playoffs, only to lose in their semi-final match against Switzerland's

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. In the bronze medal game, they lost again, this time against Germany's

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. The team finished outside of the medals, in 4th. This was only the third time that Canada had finished outside the medals until then. After his junior career, Currie joined the Larry Pineau rink as third before becoming a skip again in the early 2000s. Since then, Currie has won a handful of

events, most recently winning the 2013 Bernick's Miller Lite Open. Currie did not win a Northern Ontario men's title until 2014, helped by the absence of defending champion

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who was preparing for the

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during the provincials. Currie's rink of

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and Jamie Childs won the provincial by defeating fellow Port Arthur Curling Club rink Brian Adams, Jr. in the final.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Currie, Jeff Living people Curlers from Thunder Bay Year of birth missing (living people) 1970s births Canadian male curlers